Evolution vs Thunderbird

[jon at jcosby.com]

Quoting "Gilles Gravier" <ggravier at fsfe.org>:

> Hi, Mark!
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Mark C. Miller <mr.mcmiller at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> When I began using Ubuntu, I used Evolution for a couple of mailing
>> groups I belong to.  I used it mostly because it came with the OS.
>>
>> I know some of the users here rely on Thunderbird.
>>
>> I've looked at the two's on-line sites but would be interested in any
>> user feedback folks here might have.
>>

Exactly what are you looking for? If you just need an email client,  
Thunderbird is probably the best available. Evolution is more of a  
jack-knife app, which can be good or bad. I like having mail,  
appointments, tasks, organized in one domain.

>
> My problem with Evolution is that for work, where I have hundreds of nested
> folders on the server, Evolution is painfully slow when openning. I don't
> know if it's scanning them all every time... but it's very slow.
>

Did you check the receiving options in the account settings? There's  
an item for scanning folders there.



Jon